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Legitimate

noun
Word Frequency: 13.1

Definitions

1.nounA person born to a legally married couple.
2.verbTo make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means.
3.adjectiveIn accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
4.adjectiveConforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
"legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method"
5.adjectiveAuthentic, real, genuine.
"legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions"
6.adjectiveLawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
7.adjectiveRelating to hereditary rights.

Synonyms

legitimizelawfullegalrightfullegitimatizevalidtruelogicalmorganaticestablishedlegalizedecriminalize

Antonyms

bastardillegitimatefalse

Rhymes With

illegitimate
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